How Josh Hartnett and M. Night Shyamalan get you to empathize withTrap's killer — until that ending

“It’s like ‘Die Hard’ from Hans Gruber’s perspective,” the star tells EW. Warning: This article contains spoilers forTrap. Empathy can be a dangerous thing.M. Josh Hartnett as Cooper and Ariel Donoghue as Riley in ‘Trap.'.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Night Shyamalanwas once best known for twist endings, especially the shocker that concludesThe Sixth Sense. In his latest thriller,Trap, audiences will probably be most unnerved at empathizing with a serial killer....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Dawn Reyes

How Kaitlyn Dever nearly played Ellie inThe Last of Usmovie before Abby role in HBO series: 'It was pretty surreal'

Liane Hentscher/HBO (2) A core memory related toThe Last of Usis seared intoKaitlyn Dever’s mind. “And they were actually making the second game when I was there. “Talk about spoiler alerts… Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby, Bella Ramsey’s Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’ season 2.Credit:Liane Hentscher/HBO (2) He did ask me, ‘Do you want to know what happens?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, tell me!’ So I’ve been keeping that secret for years....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · James Underwood

How Madonna and fascism inspired the design ofLempicka

“It feels like a music video,” says costume designer Paloma Young of the new musical. “Its ‘Metropolis’ meets Madonna.” But dont expect to find explicit recreations of her paintings in the set and costume design ofLempicka. Eden Espinosa is Tamara Lempicka in ‘Lempicka’.Emilio Madrid His set is an evocative base that can be transformed with the added design elements of lighting and costuming. They were doing all these angular pieces, all very sculptural....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Anthony Keller

How Marvel went big withAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Welcome to the Quantum Realm. Instead, the director wanted to, ahem, up the ante. “I wanted to make the third one as whacked-out and as insane as we could.” Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd in ‘Quantumania’.Marvel Studios The result is the decidedly whacked-out and insaneAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania(out Friday). (More on him in a minute.) “I’m thinking, ‘I don’t know, man.’ Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd in ‘Quantumania’.Marvel Studios...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 847 words · Brandon Daniels

How Maureen Lee Lenker is building her own 'romance cinematic universe' withHis Girl Hollywood

Plus, read an exclusive excerpt from the Entertainment Weekly senior writer’s second novel. It’s the romance version of the MCU. Particularly because I also feel like it’s really still something we’re grappling with today." Maureen Lee Lenker, ‘His Girl Hollywood’.Ariel Barber; Source Books “I wanted to show the ways that actually helps Arlene be a better director,” she adds. “Especially in this time, obviously, that’s what we see a lot of in films....

May 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1851 words · Madison Green

How Michelle Yeoh and Keanu Reeves inspiredRings of Powerstar's approach to action scenes

Plus, Succession, Barry, Maisel, and Ted Lasso’s finales and Emmy odds. Playing an elf isn’t as one might think easy work. He found inspiration in two actors known for their own action scenes. Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Ismael Cruz Córdova, and Charlie Vickers on ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.Matt Grace/Prime Video “I’m highly inspired by Michelle Yeoh and actors and actresses just like herself. Actors that have an incredible movement practice....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Colin Turner

How Osage influence broughtKillers of the Flower Moonto life

At the time, the film was still unfinished with temporary effects and music. “I had so many feelings,” she remembers. I remember putting it on that day when it was 107 [degrees].' Lily Gladstone in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.Apple TV+ We’re going to tell this story through the eyes of Mollie.' And it was a process of building trust like David [Grann] did." An interior designer by trade, he had no experience in film production....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 785 words · Crystal Whitaker

How playing Chino inWest Side Storyhelped Josh Andrés Rivera tap into Sejanus inThe Hunger Games

Warning: This post contains light spoilers from the 10th annual Hunger Games. Josh Andres Rivera remembers the first time he stepped into the world of Panem. There, the librarian would unwittingly manifest his role inThe Hunger GamesprequelBallad of Songbirds and Snakes. Josh Andres Rivera and Tom Blyth in ‘Hunger Games’ prequel ‘Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’.Lionsgate He gave meThe Hunger Gamesbook and was like, Read this. Reading is fun, I promise, Rivera, now 28, recalls to EW....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Amanda Ramirez MD

How Sebastian Stan transformed into Donald Trump forThe Apprentice —with help from soy sauce and ramen

His friends and family also had concerns: “I had people tell me not to do it. I had people tell me I don’t look like him. I had people tell me that it’s not safe for me to do it. Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’.Pief Weyman, Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment, Rich Spirit I had people say that I shouldn’t take a stab at alienate half the country.”...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Kathleen Weaver

How Sydney Sweeney embodied the 'multiple layers' of NSA whistleblower Reality Winner

They worked for the FBI. “There were multiple layers to it that I was fascinated and drawn in by,” she explains. “At one point it became one giant scene,” she says of filming the sequence. Sydney Sweeney in ‘Reality’.HBO I wanted to honor Reality’s dialogue as much as I possibly could." Notably, she was the first person to be prosecuted by the Trump administration under the Espionage Act. Winner was released in 2021 on good behavior and will remain on supervised release until November 2024....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Gary Ali

How the cameo-stackedDeadpool & Wolverinecarves out a new future for Marvel's mutants

Ryan Reynoldsis still apologizing for his first collaboration withHugh Jackman. He says so with his signature on-the-fly, dry brand of humor that typically comes with a subtle smirk. You think he’s joking, but he could be semi-serious. Hugh Jackman as Logan in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’.Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL They clearly have fun with the discourse. “I actually think there’s a lot of good things.” One of those good things was meeting Jackman....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1140 words · Sandra Jones

How the newGoosebumpsTV show pays homage to R.L. Stein's beloved books

Now, a team of producers raised on theR.L. “There’s the Polaroid camera that predicts a horrifying future. There’s the cuckoo clock that jumps you back in time. ‘Goosebumps’ the TV series; ‘Goosebumps’ the book series.Disney+; Scholastic There’s the mask that first emboldens the wearer and then starts to take over their life. There’re the worms that sort of take over the host. Welch’s fellow executive producer Pavun Shetty teased there are plenty of other Easter eggs to find as well....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Sharon Lynn

How the newPercy Jacksonbrings Camp Half-Blood and Capture the Flag to screen

Leah Jeffries, Charlie Bushnell, and director James Bobin tease the Disney+ adaptation’s epic game. What Quidditch is forHarry Potter, Capture the Flag is forPercy Jackson and the Olympians. For years, book readers have played their own versions of demigod Capture the Flag. Leah Jeffries as Annabeth and Walker Scobell as Percy on ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians.'.Disney/David Bukach The first step, of course, was building Camp Half-Blood. And so some are stone, some are wood, and some are different shapes....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · James Barrett